Steve Railsback (born November 16, 1945, in Dallas, Texas) is an American theatre, film, and television actor. He is best known for his performances in the films The Stunt Man and Lifeforce, and his portrayal of Charles Manson in the 1976 television mini-series Helter Skelter. Railsback was a stude ... nt of Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio and in the late 1960s and early 1970s spent 10 years working in theatre in New York City. He once said that he found Strasberg extremely difficult to work with. He made his film debut in The Visitors, directed by Elia Kazan. He portrayed two notorious murderers, appearing as Charles Manson in the 1976 television miniseries Helter Skelter and as Ed Gein in the 2000 film In the Light of the Moon. He also served as executive producer of the latter film. Other notable roles include the part of Cameron in The Stunt Man with Peter O'Toole, the astronaut Tom Carlsen in Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce, Duane Barry in two episodes of The X-Files, and Joseph Welch in the pilot episode of Supernatural. In 2008, he appeared in the science fiction/horror movie film Plaguers.
| Organization | Category | Movie |
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The Visitor
as Colonel James Vise
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Sep 19, 1997
From Here to Eternity
as Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 14, 1979
Femme Fatales
as Dr. Daniel Duryea
Episodes: 3
First Aired: May 13, 2011
The X-Files
as Duane Barry
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 10, 1993
Helter Skelter
as Charles Manson
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 01, 1976
Family Law
as Gary Peres
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1999
The Mentalist
as Fred Kittel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2008
Supernatural
as Joseph Welch
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 2005
Decker
as Fictional General Cotter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 17, 2014
The Great Transport
as Pavle Paroški
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 15, 1983
Charmed
as Litvack
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1998
Supernatural
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 2005
The Twilight Zone
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 27, 1985
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